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John Philip Holland and the Holland submarines
John Philip Holland was an Irish engineer who designed the first formally commissioned submarines for the US Navy, and also for the Royal Navy.
Please note that, although my surname is also Holland, I'm not related in any way to John Philip Holland.
Chronology of John Philip Holland and the Holland submarines
- 1840: John Philip Holland was born in Liscannor (County Clare, Ireland) on 29 February.
- 1858-1872: Worked as a teacher with the Christian Brothers in Limerick and elsewhere in Ireland.
- 1873: Emigrated to the United States.
- 1873-1879: Worked as a teacher in Paterson (NJ, USA).
- 1875: First submarine designs were submitted for consideration by the US Navy, but turned down as unworkable.
- 1881: Submarine, Fenian Ram, was launched.
- 1895: J.P. Holland Torpedo Boat Company received a contract from the US Navy to build a submarine.
- 1897: Privately-built submarine, Holland VI, was launched on 17 May.
- 1898: A successful Holland, the first truly practical submarine, was launched.
- 1899: The Electric Boat Company was founded on 7 February.
- 1900: USS Holland purchased by US Navy on 11 April, and then commissioned on 12 October.
- 1901: Holland Class submarines were built for Royal Navy under licence from The Electric Boat Company. Holland 1 was launched on 2 October in secret. Now on display at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in Gosport.
- 1902: Holland 2 was launched in February 1902. Holland 4 launched 23 May. Holland 3 was commissioned on 1 August.
- 1911: Holland 3 sank in trials.
- 1912: Holland 4 foundered on 3 September. Holland 5 was lost off the Sussex Coast.
- 1913: Holland 2 sold on 7 October. Holland 3 sold in October.
- 1914: John Philip Holland died in Newark (NJ, USA) on 12 August. Holland 4 was salvaged and sunk as a gunnery target on 17 October.
- 2005: Wreck site of Holland 5 designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 on 4 January.
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Blog Posts about John Philip Holland
- John Philip Holland, Christian Brother and Inventor of the ...
- ... his work and pushed him out into the cold. Proper recognition for his invaluable contribution to Naval design only came after his death and John Holland died a poor and broken man. See: John Philip Holland by Richard Knowles Morris.
- Week 7: 19 Nov '09
- SCIENTIFIC LIVES: John Philip Holland - the inventor of the first submarine commissioned by the US Navy in 1890 - was born in a Liscannor cottage (that still stands) in 1841. He was only four years old when the famine began to lay waste ...
- People and Culture
- The modern submarine began its history with the inventions of Simon Lake and John Philip Holland. The submarine pioneers of the 19th century however - de Villeroi, Monturiol, Hunley and others - were well aware of Bauer's invention and ...
- Fenian Ram
- Carrying on the theme of old subs this is a strange one as one could argue it was intended for terrorist use. Designed by John Philip Holland and launched in 1881 in order for it to be used by the Fenian Brotherhood against the British. ...
John Philip Holland on Wikipedia
John Philip Holland () (29 February, 1840 ? 2 August, 1914John Philip Holland article, Encyclopaedia Britannica) was an engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the U.S. Navy (though not the first American submarine, see American Civil War submarines, and the earlier Nautilus and Turtle) and the first ever Royal Navy submarine, the Holland 1.
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